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ISAAC H. GARSQN, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENT, TO MAMIE GARSON, OF SAME PLACE.

SUSPAENDEQRS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 244,581, dated July 19, 1881. Application filed May 31, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it knownthat I, ISAAC H. GARSON, of Rochester, Monroe county, New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Suspenders; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a rear elevation of a pair of suspenders showing my improvement. Fig. 2 is a detail View.

My improvement relates to suspenders in which attachments are used for supporting the shirt-sleeves; and the invention consists of suspenders having a single strap in the rear, which carries .the junction of the shoulderstraps to the top of the shoulders, in combination with elastic ends attached to the shoul der-straps near the top, standing angularly in line with the arms of the wearer, and provided with clasps which catch and hold upon the inner sides of the shirt-sleeves, as hereinafter more fully described.

In the drawings, A A represent the two rear button ends, and B represents a single length of elastic, which extends upward high on the shoulders of the wearer,- so that the junction of the two shoulder-straps C 0 comes nearly to the neck, as near as possible, to allow the shoulder-straps to pass on opposite sides with freedom. The lower ends of the buttonstraps, and also the ends of the elastic web, are covered on opposite sides by leather pads a a, and are stitched through.

To the lower front ends of the shoulderstraps are attached the ordinary front buttonstraps, D D, which may pass over pulleys in the usual way.

E E are small elastic straps stitched or otherwise attached to the shoulder-straps on top.

of and just in front of the shoulders'of the wearer, standing angularly downward in line with the arms, and provided with clasps b b of any suitable kind, by which they may be caught on the shirt-sleeves on the inner side next to the breast and hold the same. n

All the parts of the suspenders are made of inelastic material, except the back-strap B and the sleeve-holdin g straps E E, which are elastic.

By the use of the elastic ends E E, attached to the shoulder-straps above the arms, the shirtsleeves can be caught and held up at any desired elevation, leaving the lower ends of the sleeves entirely free, and the coat can be worn without any inconvenience, since the sleevestraps come on the inner side and lie flat and close to the arms.

To render the device practical and efiective,

the single back-strap B, reaching high upon the shoulders, is necessary, as by this means the junction between the back-strap and the shoulder-strapsis but a short distance from the attachment of the sleeve-straps to the shoulder-straps, and the shoulder-straps are thus prevented from spreading laterally over the shoulders under the stress of the sleeve-straps, which they would do if their junction with the back-strap was carried low in the back, as in common suspenders. In such case the drawing action of the sleeve-straps would constantly pull the shoulder-straps down over the shoulders.

I am aware that suspenders have been provided in the rear with a short elastic connectionbetween the button-straps and the shoulder-straps; also, that extra button ends have been used to support the drawers; not claim.

What 1 claimas new, and desire to secure such I do by Letters Patent, is

1. As an improvement in suspenders, the

combination of the elastic back portion, B, arranged substantially as shown, with the sleevestraps E E branching from the shoulder-straps and adapted to be attached to and hold the shirt-sleeves in place, all as set forth.

2. As an improvement in suspenders, the elastic sleeve-straps attached to the shoulderstraps, as set forth, and extending on a line of the arms when worn, and provided with attaching-clasps for holding the shirt-sleeves, all substantially as shown and described.-

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

" ISAAC H. GARSON.

Witnesses R. Oseoon, R. E. WHITE. 

